Key holder



F. L. ANDERSQN KEY HOLDER Filed June 12, 1922 Patented Jan. 13, 1925.

FRED L. ANDERSON. OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

KEY HOLDER.

Application filed June 12, 1922.

To ((77 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED L. ANnnRsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State oil?Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in KeyHolders. of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in key holders.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide novel means forsupporting a key on a suitable support, as, for instance, a key ring ina manner such that the key may be turned without turning the support onwhich it is mounted and without intert'erence from other keys which maybe similarly mounted on the support.

The novel "features of my invention are hereinafter tully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawing. which illustrates the preferred embodimentof my invention, as applied to an ordinary key ring.

Fig. l is an elevation showing my improved key holder with a keysupported thereby.

Fig. 2 is an elevation taken at right angles to the view shown in Fig.1.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4: is a perspective view of the memher which is mounted on the keyring prior to said member being formed into a ring.

Fig. is an elevation of the key engaging member as it appears before thehead is formed at one end thereof.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the differentviews.

1 designates an ordinary key having the usual. hole 2 through whichextends a resilient hook 3 formed at one end of a wire key engagingmember 4, which extends through and is axially rotatable in a hole 5,

Serial No. 567,568.

Fig. l, which extends through a flattened portion 6 of a ring 7, whichmay be trans- \"ersely divided and which may have overlapping ends andwhich has extending through it a suitable support, such as an ordinarytransversely divided key ring 8.

The end portion of the key engaging member t which is located within thering- 7, is provided with a head 9, which is of larger diameter than thehole 5 and which may be formed by bending said end portion into ringform. Said head 9 prevents the withdrawal ot the member 4 from the ring7.

The ring 7 is loosely fitted on the key ring 8 so as to slide and swingfreely on the latter. By having the member 4 arranged to turn axially inthe ring 7, the key 1 may be turned without turning the ring 8 andwithout interference with other keys which war be similarly supported onthe ring 8.

By having the ring 7 transversely divided, the ends oi the latter may besprung apart. to permit of its being attached to links of a chain or toa key ring which is not transversely divided.

I do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described, asmany modifications, within the scope of the appended claim may be madewithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

That I claim is In a key holder. a supporting ring, a second ringmounted thereon, and a resilient member having one end extending throughand axially pivoted on the secondring and having at its other end a hookarranged to releasably engage and support; a key, and normally bearingat its tree end against said member, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

FRED L. ANDERSON.

